Football: What’s luck got to do with it? Ask the Sooners
Posted November 12, 2009 by Jenni Carlson
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Players wouldn’t want to admit it. Ditto for coaches. But the truth is undeniable — there’s luck involved in sports.
It’s not the most important ingredient to success, of course. Talented players and quality coaching and team chemistry and probably half a dozen other things are more vital than luck. Make no mistake, though, luck is part of the equation.
Just ask Oklahoma.
The Sooners are short on luck this season. Jermaine Gresham turns his knee a strange way. Sam Bradford lands on his shoulder wrong. On and on the list has gone this season.
The carnage grew by three this week. News came Monday that offensive lineman Brody Eldridge and defensive lineman Auston English will miss the rest of the season with injuries.
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Jenni Carlson, a sports columnist at The Oklahoman since 1999, came by her love of sports honestly. She grew up in a sports-loving family in...
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